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I have been pondering doing this with my currently slackware server... |
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I think the problem that will arise is the hundreds of orphanned files |
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that will undoubtedly be left by the other distro's packages, because |
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different distros choose different interpretations (or ignore completely) |
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of the FHS. If you do decide to do this, let me know how it goes! |
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--Brandon |
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On Sat, 06/22/02 at 13:55:14 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: |
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> An interesting idea ... rather than wipe my mandrake 8.1 system, can I |
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> copy portage, and its tools over and gradually replace mandrake with |
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> gentoo. I realise anything mandrake specific will break big time, but |
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> it seems possible, in theory at least to remove mandrake packages then |
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> emerge the gentoo versions. All X stuff will probably have to go in one |
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> lump, but system stuff should be OK - its easier to fix problems one at |
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> a time with full control than start from scratch. Eventually I would be |
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> in a position where only a ghost of Mandrake would remain. |
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> Why? I want to keep using my system whilst this is going on - being out |
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> of action for a week or more whilst I first load the OS and then |
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> configure it to my customised requirements is not so attractive - then |
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> neither is the similar time frame to wipe and install mandrake 8.2, so I |
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> am looking for a shortcut! |
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> Has anyone tried something like this ... and been successful? I suspect |
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> I will have to start with things like gcc, python etc and go drom there. |
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> BillK |
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> -- |
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> Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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